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[Dadof8]

Dip the pen about twice as far into the ink as the length of the nib/feed hole at the end of the section

(in other words, you don't need to dip it very far).

Squeeze the pressbar fast and hard once, letting go suddenly (good advice from Bill Dodson).

Wait about five seconds for the sac to expand and pull ink in.

Repeat the squeeze four more times, waiting five seconds between squeezes.

I did this last night.

 

The first squeeze, there were several bubbles. The next squeeze there were just a couple of bubbles and no bubbles on subsequent squeezes.

 

I wrote about 2 full 8 1/2 X 11 inches pages and it went dry. Is it supposed to hold more ink than this?

 

Dadof8

[pvdiamon]

I saw this from last year, and am now wondering if you ever began liking the Hero, with the different filling mechanism. My Hero is rarely in rotation because I really dislike that squeeze filler method. It doesn't fill real well, and it's a pain to rinse out too.

 

John

[obmike]

i have a parker vacumatic that i swear could write on rice.

[Cloud]

Lately I found a Pilot 78G, 25$ at many stores. There was a review and the pen seems to be a very good pen for the price. I just ordered mine today! Can't wait to receive it.

[rroossinck]

I've been looking into vintage pens a little more, and recently I came across what I think is the finest extra fine that I've ever written with. Like Mike a post or two up, I think that this one could write on a grain of rice, too.

 

It's an early 60s Sheaffer Imperial TD, and man alive, I've never seen anything so needlepoint. It's got a crack in the barrel that needs to be replaced before I can put it in daily rotation, but if my guess is correct, I'm thinking it's probably somewhere on a mail truck in the middle of Illinois.

 

Mike, what do you know about your Vacumatic's nib? From what I understand, they did actually make more than just the typical EF/F/M/B/BB. I've heard, but never seen, that there was some sort of Accounting/Ledgerkeeping nib that'd be about as close to needlepoint as you could get.